Volume 1: The Ghost Hand of Heaven's Doctor, Hidden Sharpness 039 Teasing Mo Chen Feng

  Rui Wang Fu

  In a white dress, Tang Xin followed Mu Chenfeng to the Wang Fu with a leisurely pace. Xia Xue and Xia Yu trailed behind her three steps away, not too fast or slow. As they entered the Wang Fu, Tang Xin seemed unintentionally scanning the layout of the mansion, noticing that there were not many servants around, but there were quite a few hidden guards in the shadows. A hint of amusement flashed across her eyes.

  This guy's vigilance seems a bit too strong, doesn't it? Is there really a need for so many hidden guards?

  He glanced at Mu Chenfeng, who was leading the way in front of him, and thought to himself that he had changed a lot over the past few years, becoming more mature and stable. However, his icy cold aura was still as intense as ever, even more so than before, making him seem like a cold-blooded animal. It was really hard to believe that someone like this could be extremely filial to his mother.

  Just as she was thinking, the person in front of her suddenly stopped and turned around, causing her to bump into him. She felt a cold breath on her face, and when she looked up, she saw his firm jawline and tightly pursed lips.

  She took a step back, furrowing her brow: "You were doing fine, why did you suddenly stop?"

  Mo Chenfeng glanced at Tang Xin with a hint of disdain, brushed off the collar of his clothes that she had touched, and said coldly, "The courtyard up ahead is my mother's."

  She raised an eyebrow, the corner of her mouth curled up, and a wicked thought flashed through her mind. Her eyes sparkled with a sly glint as she smiled mischievously and leaned in: "Actually, you smell pretty good, very masculine." She paused, lowering her voice to a whisper: "Let me tell you a little secret, I really like men, especially ones like you."

  As soon as the sound fell, she took advantage of the situation and lightly lifted his chin with her index finger. Before he could react, she stepped forward, and a joyful laughter suddenly spread throughout the mansion.

  The guards around and the hidden guards were all stunned, their eyes wide with disbelief. They couldn't believe that their cold and stern master had actually been flirted with by a man? For a moment, they secretly sized up the white-clothed handsome young man, admiring his audacity in daring to do such a thing.

  Xia Xue and Xia Yu, who were following behind, flashed a hint of a smile in their eyes, glanced at the two people in front of them, and slightly lowered their eyelids as if they hadn't seen anything.

  Mo Chen's eyes swept over with a hint of severity, glancing at the white figure walking ahead, his fists clenched and released, struggling to restrain the urge to strangle him, pausing for a moment before composing himself and following after.

  As they entered the courtyard, a faint scent wafted through the air, carried by the gentle breeze. Tang Xin's playful thoughts dissipated as her gaze swept across the yard, lingering for a moment on a tree that stood about one person high.

  "What's wrong?" Mu Chen followed his line of sight and looked over, but didn't understand.

  "Where is your mother?" she asked, withdrawing her gaze.

  He glanced at him and said, "Follow me."

  He walked forward, came to the door, pushed it open and entered. The two maids inside bowed respectfully and retreated to the side to wait. Mu Chenfeng walked up, came to the bedside, saw his mother lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, his cold face softened involuntarily, and he slowly approached with light footsteps.

  Tang Xin followed him in, while Xia Xue and Xia Yu waited outside. When Tang Xin inadvertently caught a glimpse of Mu Chenfeng's rarely seen gentle expression inside, he was slightly stunned and surprised that this person who was like an ice block could also have a gentle side.

  Her gaze fell on the bed, and she was shocked. The woman on the bed was as thin as a skeleton, her cheeks and eyes sunken, and her hands placed on her abdomen were so thin they seemed to be painful to look at. She slept soundly, breathing evenly, completely unaware of someone's arrival.

  Is this Mo Chenfeng's mother? Mo Tianyou's woman? How did she become like this, neither human nor ghost?

  Tang Xin's mind was slightly dazed, but when her gaze fell on the woman's fingernails, she suddenly snapped back to reality: "Let me take a look." She spoke in a soft voice, came over to sit beside the bed, and carefully took the woman's pulse. At this moment, the person on the bed slowly regained consciousness.

  "Xiao'er." A weak voice came from her mouth, and she slightly revealed a hint of a smile, slightly moving her head to glance at Tang Xin who was taking her pulse, then withdrew her own hand: "No need, no need to check, it's just like this."

  Tang Xin's mind was slightly dazed, and when she raised her eyes, they met hers just in time. In those eyes, there was no will to survive, nor any awareness of survival. There was only a sense of going with the flow, and a sense of nothingness. Such eyes made her heart ache, and she couldn't help but ask herself: What had she actually experienced?

  "Mother, he is a renowned ghost doctor in the Jianghu, his medical skills are superb, let him take a look!" Mu Chenfeng said, standing aside, his voice noticeably softer.

  Tang Xin glanced at him and smiled, saying to her: "Madam, if you don't let me treat your illness, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the palace gates today. With my dashing good looks, Madam shouldn't want me to die young either, should she?"

  After hearing Tang Xin's words, the woman on the bed was taken aback, then looked at Tang Xin and saw that she had a beautiful face and an extraordinary temperament. Her slender hands were like scallions, and her eyes flashed slightly as she took the initiative to hold Tang Xin's hand, smiling and asking: "What should I call you?"

  This time, Tang Xin was taken aback, as if no one had asked her what to call her for so many years, even Mu Tianyu and the others called her Tian Yi. Seeing that she was waiting with a faint glow in her eyes, she changed her mind and smiled: "Madam, you can call me Xiao Bai."

  "Xiao Bai?" She murmured softly, then suddenly patted her hand and laughed: "Then I'll call you Xiao Xiao!"

  "Really?" Tang Xin was slightly stunned, seeing her expectant gaze, and nodded with a smile: "Good, as long as the lady likes it. Now, may I take the lady's pulse?"

  "Old Mao is ill, Xiao Xiao, even if it can't be cured, it's okay. I know my own body." She slowly stretched out her hand to let her take the pulse, but her eyes were fixed on her, that gaze was like a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law, making Tang Xin's heart feel a chill.

  She couldn't possibly know she's a girl! Because not only did she change her voice, but also changed her appearance, even faking her throat. She couldn't have known, but that gaze of hers made her feel like her heart was exposed, as if she had been seen through.

  But standing beside him, Mu Chenfeng couldn't help but feel strange, why was his mother so affectionate towards this Gui Shou Tian Yi? Especially the way she looked at him, it made him feel an inexplicable sense of unease. His suspicious black pupils kept sizing up the two of them, but he couldn't discern anything.

  Tang Xin seriously helped her feel the pulse and checked her physical condition again. After a while, she finally stood up.

  "How is it? How's my mother's illness?" Mu Chenfeng asked anxiously, and in his anxiety, he unknowingly grasped Tang Xin's hand.

  Tang Xin glanced at the wrist being held by him and smiled slyly: "Mu Chenfeng, you're not even being discreet in front of your wife, look at what you've become now? Let go."